Doddridge County, West Virginia
Doddridge County is a county located in the state of West Virginia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is West Union.
Geography
The County is located in north-central West Virginia and has an area of 830 square kilometers without significant water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Wetzel County, Harrison County, Lewis County, Gilmer County, Ritchie County and Tyler County.
History
Doddridge County was formed on February 4, 1845 from parts of Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and Tyler County. It was named after Philip Doddridge, a London-born English Nonkonfirmisten the Anglican Church and later statesman from Virginia.
Demographic data
1900-1990
According to the census in 2000 lived in Doddridge County 7,403 people in 2,845 households and 2,102 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.31 percent White, 0.27 percent African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, and 0.14 percent from other races; 0.82 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.57 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,845 households out of which 32.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers, 26.1 percent were non-families, 22.5 percent of all households and 10.9 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.98.
Based on the county the population was spread from 25.0 percent population under 18 years, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.6 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.8 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 101.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 26,744, and the median income for a family was $ 30,502. Males have a median income of $ 26,902, women $ 20,250. The per capita income was $ 13,507. 15.3 percent of families and 19.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 23.0 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 13.6 percent of those 65 years.